The stepmother who was sick and weak in the 1980s married the factory manager and was raised by Zaiz

Chapter 24 Silence is Cambridge tonight!

"No, brother, what did you say? Did I hear you correctly? Sister-in-law is coming to visit this week?" Xu Zichen ignored the dropped bowls and chopsticks, his voice suddenly rose, and he confirmed.

Xu Yan nodded.

Xu Yan, who didn't notice anything was wrong with the atmosphere at the dinner table, was a little confused by Xu Zichen's overly surprised expression.

But as a good big brother, he asked with concern, "Zichen, do you have any opinions?"

"No!" Xu Zichen shook his head.

It seemed like everything was business as usual, but whether Xu Zichen was really as calm as he showed in front of the mountain, probably only he knew.

Seeing that Xu Zichen was fine, Xu Yan asked the others again, "Ziheng, Ziyu, Jinbao, where are you?"

"Brother, I have no objection!" Xu Ziyu was the first to express his stance.

"Uncle Xu, I welcome Auntie here."

As soon as Lu Jinbao finished speaking, he was kicked in the leg.

He turned his head without saying a word, and just looked at Xu Zichen who looked a little dissatisfied with a smile.

"Idiot, you just know how to eat!" Xu Zichen muttered angrily.

But the movements of his hands picking up food for Lu Jinbao did not stop at all.

After the two of them answered, Xu Yan turned to look at the silent Xu Ziheng.

Sensing Xu Yan's gaze turning to him, Xu Ziheng immediately made a statement.

"Don't worry, brother, I will entertain my sister-in-law with my brothers and sisters!"

"Yes." Xu Yan nodded and continued, "Ziheng, you have worked hard these years! In the future, when your sister-in-law gets married, you can relax a little bit."

"Well, brother, I know!"

Xu Yan wanted to say something more, but he didn't know how to speak, so he had to stay silent.

Silence is Cambridge tonight!

In the back, the family sat quietly at the dining table to eat. During the entire meal, no one spoke except for the sounds of a few people picking up vegetables and chewing.

After eating, Xu Ziyu went back to his room to read. Xu Zichen and Lu Jinbao played with Lu Jinbei. Xu Ziheng, as usual, stacked up the bowls and chopsticks and brought them into the kitchen to wash.

Entering the kitchen, he just started to pick up a bowl to clean, but unexpectedly, a stronger and thicker hand stretched out from beside him, and he naturally picked up the other dirty dishes and chopsticks next to them and started scrubbing them.

"Brother? Why are you here?"

"Why don't you welcome brother?"

"No, brother, aren't you going to the factory today?"

"I'm not going, you uncles are taking care of me!"

"Then eldest brother doesn't want to read a book either?"

"It's not too late, I'll go see you later!"

"Ah."

Next, the two of them looked at each other in silence, just focusing on washing the dishes.

A few minutes later, all the dishes and chopsticks were washed, and Xu Yan and Xu Ziheng stood up and prepared to leave the kitchen.

Looking at Xu Ziheng who had reached his shoulder, Xu Yan was a little relieved. He patted his shoulder and said with emotion.

"I have grown taller and am now a big boy!"

"Yes. Big brother, Ziheng has grown up and is a big boy. So, big brother, don't worry, just go and get a wife. My younger brothers have me!"

My brothers have me!
Xu Yan looked moved.

Looking at Xu Ziheng who looked very much like his former self, Xu Yan felt complicated.

No one knows the weight of this sentence better than him!

He has kept this promise in front of his father and mother for more than ten years, and he understands the feeling of it better than anyone else.

He covered up the look in his eyes and said jokingly, "I, the eldest brother, are not dead yet. How can it be your little body's turn to make the decision in this family?"

"Brother, do you think I'm not good enough?" Xu Ziheng obviously misunderstood Xu Yan's meaning. He held back tears, straightened his back, and looked at Xu Yan stubbornly.Looking at Xu Ziheng like this, Xu Yan's nose suddenly felt sore and his eyes were slightly astringent.

He has always been strong, but now he looks a little helpless.

what to do?He doesn’t seem to know how to teach children, and he can’t teach them well.

Facing Xu Ziheng's stubborn and unwilling eyes, Xu Yan thought carefully before speaking slowly.

"Ziheng, big brother is here! So, don't push yourself so hard! You can also grow up carefree like Ziyu, Zichen, and Jinbao!"

It turns out that this is what the elder brother meant.

It turns out that my elder brother knows what I did...

Xu Ziheng felt that his heart was stuffy, a little uncomfortable, and he wanted to cry.

He has seen the changes in his eldest brother in the past few days.

Just like today, with my eldest brother's past temperament, I'm afraid he wouldn't have said these words, but now he has spoken.

He knew that all these changes probably came from the sister-in-law whom he had never met before.

But, he didn't know, was this change good or bad?
He was a little disappointed.

"Ziheng? Are you listening?"

"Well, brother, I see!"

After speaking, Xu Ziheng turned around and left without giving Xu Yan a chance to speak again, and returned to his room.

Xu Yan stared at Xu Ziheng's retreating back for a long time and sighed: The child has grown up and has his own thoughts!Then he turned around and went back to the house.

The sky turned completely dark, and after turning off the lights, everyone lay down in the warm quilts.

In one of the rooms, Xu Zichen tossed and turned, refusing to fall asleep.

After a long time, he kicked Lu Jinbao next to him and said awkwardly, "Jinbao, thank you for today!"

Seeing that Lu Jinbao remained silent, he didn't pay attention, but kept to himself and told Lu Jinbao about his childhood.

He lost his mother when he was born, and everyone in the village despised him and looked down upon him, saying that he was a mother-in-law.

He was still young at that time and was always unconvinced. Every time he beat them, he would get a bloody head!
The eldest brother never blamed him, he just silently paid for the medicine and visited each family to apologize.

But, these big brothers never told him.

In the end, the second brother couldn't stand it anymore and led him to silently follow the eldest brother.

That was the day he knew everything.

He felt heartbroken when he saw his eldest brother, who had always been tall and heroic, begging for help in a low voice because of himself.

Since then, he has never fought again, but he wants to be stronger and cares more about face.

He couldn't and didn't want people to look down on him, Xu Zichen!

So, Lu Jinbao, thank you today!
Retained, his poor self-esteem.

Xu Zichen finished speaking as calmly as possible, then raised his arms and wiped his eyes.

I expected to hear Lu Jinbao's comforting words, but unexpectedly, a loud "purring" sound came from my ears.

Xu Zichen was so angry that he kicked Lu Jinbao, who was sleeping like a pig, then covered himself with quilt and fell into a deep sleep.

The days passed like this, and the weekend came quietly.

Early in the morning, Xu Yan packed himself up and headed to Shi's house with gifts.

After he left, the Xu brothers held another negotiation.

This negotiation is still not peaceful.

Others were fine, but Xu Zichen had the loudest objection because he didn't know if he was still worried about Xu Yan's injury that day.

Xu Ziheng finally spoke, "I don't care what you think, whether you admit it or not, until she does nothing wrong, she is your sister-in-law. Whenever I see you disrespecting your sister-in-law, I will serve you according to the family law."

(End of this chapter)